The late Bollywood star Sridevi Kapoor's heartbroken daughter has paid tribute to her mum after her death at the age of 54.

The Indian actress, who starred in some of the country's biggest films, was laid to rest this week in a lavish funeral after accidentally drowning in a bathtub last weekend following her nephew's wedding in Dubai.

Now, her daughter Janhvik Kapoor has urged fans not to allow Sridevi's name to be tarnished by her unusual death.

Taking to Instagram days ahead of her 21st birthday, Janhvik confessed she feels a "gnawing hollowness" inside ever since her mum passed away, and said Sridevi made her "perpetually happy".

"On my birthday, the only thing I ask of all of you is that you love your parents. Cherish them and devote yourself to making them feel that love. They have made you," she told her followers in her caption.

"And I ask that you remember my mother fondly, pray for her soul to rest in peace. Let the love and adulation you’ll showered on her continue and please know that the biggest part of my mother was the love she shared with papa.

"And their love is immortal because there was nothing like it in the whole world. Nothing as joyful and pure and no two people as devoted to one another as they were. Please respect that because it hurts to think anyone would ever try to tarnish it."

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Sridevi, second left, with husband Boney and daughters Khushi and Janhvik (Image: AFP)

The Bollywood star with her husband (Image: Instagram)

She went on: "Preserving the sanctity of what they had would mean the world not only to my mother but also to a man who’s entire being revolved around her, and her two children who are all that remains of their love.

"Me and [sister] Khushi have lost our mother but papa has lost his “Jaan”. She was so much more than just an actor or a mother or a wife. She was the ultimate and the best in all these roles. It mattered a great deal to her to give love and to get love. For people to be good and gracious and kind."

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Janhvik urged fans to do good things in her mother's name (Image: Instagram)

The pair shared a close bond (Image: Instagram)

Janhvik continued: "She didn’t understand frustration or malice or jealousy. So let’s be that. Let’s be full of only good and give only love. That would make her happy, to know that even in death, she gave you all something. The courage and inspiration to fill yourselves with nothing but love and rid yourselves of bitterness in any way and form. That’s what she stood for. Dignity, strength and innocence.

"Thank you for the love and support everyone has shown us in the past couple of days. It’s given us hope and strength and we can’t thank you all enough," she added.